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Advanced Trauma Life Support

 

This course will help you understand the concept and principles of primary and secondary assessment, how to establish management priorities (triage), how to initiate primary and secondary management, demonstrate the skills necessary to assess, and manage critically ill patients.
 

Accrediting Body

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Target audience

Recommended for doctors in their first or second year of specialist training (CT1/ST1 and above).  Applications are accepted from FY2 doctors working in a relevant specialty.
 

Duration

The ATLS course is run over 2 consecutive days.


Assessment

Assessments are based on clinical scenarios that allow the candidate to demonstrate the core competencies that have been taught on the course.  ATLS is an interactive course combining lectures, workshops, skills stations and simulated patient management scenarios (moulages).  Candidates are also required to pass a pre- and post-course multiple choice questionnaire (MCQ).

Successful completion of the course results in the candidate being issued with a certificate from the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
 

Cost

£550.00 

Includes course materials and daytime catering.


Overseas applicants

Our priority is to provide training for doctors working for the NHS. Due to demand and limited availability, it is the policy of The Royal College of Surgeons that ATLS course places are only allocated to doctors currently working in the UK. Therefore, doctors working overseas are not eligible to apply for the ATLS course in the UK.

Course dates

N/A

Book your place

For an application form please e-mail dhft.specialistcourses@nhs.net putting Advanced Trauma Life Support in the subject line.

Please advise of your grade, specialty, name of the hospital where you work and your mobile number.

GDPR notice

What you should not submit

Each question within our form clearly stipulates the information required from you. Please do not include further details about yourself or anyone else other than that being specifically asked. 

What information we collect

  • Name, profession, employer and job title
  • Contact information including address, telephone numbers and email address
  • Special dietary / access requirements
  • Relevant payment and invoicing information

How we use your information 

The personal information you submit via the registration form is used to keep an accurate record of who is attending one of the advertised training courses. None of your personal information is sold on or shared with any third party organisation. 

Who can access your information 

Course administrators and facilitators. This access is required to confirm your registration and to keep an accurate record of who is attending each course. 

Senior website administrators access your submitted personal information via a password protected secure access point within our website system. This access is required for technical support purposes.

How we store your information

When a form has been submitted we will keep a hard copy as required by the governing body of the course. Forms are kept for a maximum of 5 years in a secure environment.

How long we store your information for 

We store personal information for as short a time as possible. 

Unless you have otherwise stipulated within your submitted registration, your details will be removed from our protected hospital computer network shortly after you have attended your training course. 

Removal of your information from our records 

You are entitled to request that we remove any personal information we have about you stored within our systems at any time. For more information on how to do this please email dhft.specialistcourses@nhs.net.